The National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) was established in 2002 and has a statutory function to ensure that every child either attends a school or otherwise receives an education. In particular, the Board has a key role in following up on children who are not attending school regularly, and where there is a concern about the child’s educational welfare.
The Board also has responsibility for children who are being educated outside of schools (e.g. at home) and 16-17 year olds who leave school to take up employment.
The Board is appointed by the Minister for Education & Science and its members are drawn from teachers, school management, parents, agencies and services who work with young people and a number of relevant Government Departments.
More details can be found at www.newb.ie
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) was set up by the government in 2002 as Ireland’s national energy authority. Their mission is to play a leading role in transforming Ireland into a society based on sustainable energy structures, technologies and practices.
As part of their remit SEAI run the Accelerated Capital Allowance Scheme, part of which focuses on IT equipment. Abbott Consulting worked in conjunction with SEAI to identify the categories that would be available for grants under the scheme and to write the tech guides for this equipment.
More details of the scheme are available at www.seai.ie